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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

It's Almost Time To Star Trek Into Darkness!

It's almost time to Trek into Darkness! I can't wait. I've loved
Star Trek since I was a kid. I'm thrilled with the new spark of life JJ Abrams
has breathed into the franchise. This movie looks loud, dour, humanity is in
peril and lots of things blow up including the Enterprise and possibly all of
Earth. Despite all that I still think it will be a fun movie. It will be fun because
I'll take the adventure with family and friends who love Star Trek as much as I
do. I'll enjoy sitting next to loved ones who take Star Trek seriously and
watching their faces as they watch the screen.

Star Trek has been a big part
of my life, but nothing like my friend who lost his father at a very early age
to a senseless act of violence. My friend was too young to remember his dad. He
made sense of the loss by adopting Captain Kirk as his father. It sounds crazy
but his mother said she could get him to fall asleep or do his chores with the
gentle suggestion that Captain Kirk would be so proud of him. That's powerful
stuff when a fictional character becomes so real people forget they're a
fictional character.

I've heard some critics comment
that the latest installment of Star Trek is derivative of the original material
while at the same time overlooking the fact that’s exactly what its supposed to
be. Yes, these are the same characters in the same situation we saw forty years
ago. We're seeing them right before it all goes wrong--again. This Star
Trek looks epic and emotional and I love epic and emotional.

The villain (hisss!) is played by Benedict Cumberbatch. Just in case you've been trapped on a desert island somewhere and don't know who Benedict is playing... I won't say his name and spoil the surprise. I will say JJ Abrams and his camp are very, very bad at keeping secrets.

Chris Pines is our handsome new Captain James T Kirk. He's got swagger and shag-her up the wazu.

I love Zachary Quinto. He had a big pair of ears to fill and it's quite logical that he's done so wonderfully.

I'm a big fan of the original. Don't care much for any of the later series. The first movie underwhelmed me. Too many special effects, too little story. This one? Maybe. Might wait for it to come out on Netflix though.